The Launch of
THE SONDRA H’87 & MOREY MYERS H’12 DISTINGUISHED VISITING FELLOWSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Sponsored by the Gail and Francis Slattery Center for Humanities
Thursday, October 24 • 5 p.m. • Moskovitz Theatre, DeNaples Center, 4th Floor KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“Democracy and the Collective Imagination: How the Rest of Us Can Save All of Us” Wayne Winborne is Executive Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) at Rutgers University-Newark, the largest and most comprehensive research facility and archive dedicated to jazz and jazz-related materials in the world.
Friday, October 25 • 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Pearn Auditorium, 228 Brennan Hall
9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks by Rev. William J. Byron, S.J., 21st President of The University of Scranton 10 to 10:50 a.m. • Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A to follow from 11 to 11:30 a.m.
How Can the Humanities Address the Crisis of Democracy?
Moderator • Prof. Hank Willenbrink, The University of Scranton Panel • Prof. Rebecca Beal, The University of Scranton; Prof. Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University; Prof. Ana Ugarte, The University of Scranton; Dr. Jamil Zainaldin, Georgia Humanities Council
1 to 1:50 p.m.
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Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A to follow from 2 to 2:30 p.m.
How Can Civic Activism Address the Crisis of Democracy?
Moderator • Prof. Aiala Levy, The University of Scranton Panel • Julie Schumacher Cohen, The University of Scranton; Gail Leftwich Kitch, Miranda Consulting; Prof. Kevin Klose, University of Maryland; Prof. Emerita Carol Rittner, RSM, Stockton University
3 to 3:50 p.m.
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Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A to follow from 4 to 4:30 p.m.
How Can Law Address the Crisis of Democracy?
Moderator • Prof. Joel Kemp, The University of Scranton Panel • Hon. Michael Barrasse, Lackawanna County; Prof. David Cole, ACLU; Marcia Greenberger, National Women’s Law Center; Prof. Nomi Stolzenberger, USC Law School
4:30 p.m.
Concluding Remarks by Sondra & Morey Myers